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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2126, 8 July 1907, Page 4

Comparisons botwoep musical culture in Now Zealand and Australia wore mad© in the Lyttelton Times tho other day by Mr. Spencer Lorraine, a member of the largest musical directorate ill London, who is on a holiday visit to this country. He said that lie had not been so much impressed with the standard of music in Australia as in New Zealand. Australia leaned too much on Melba’s name, and was more concerned with remembering that tho country had produced this marvellous singer than it was with educating tho general musical taste. It displayed less interest in natural musical ability and the cultivation of music as an art than ill recording tho performances of a few individual musicians. Hero it was different, for ho had found in New Zealand the very greatest . enthusiasm in tlio cause of music. During liis run throimdi New Zealand, ho had heard some vorv fine singers, but in the majority of cases they did not know a little bit liow to sing. They had tho organs, hut they had not the proper musical education.